1. A patient shall have the right to receive information in understandable way for him/her from physician about diagnosis of his/her disease, plan of examination and treatment, as well as about other methods of treatment and forecast.
2. A patient shall have the right to receive information on process of treatment from the other medical persons within the limits of their competence.
3. In order for the given consent to be valid, a physician has the duty to give information in understanding way for the patient on the diagnosis of disease, the plan of examination and treatment, as well as on other methods of treatment and forecast. The duty of physician shall be to explain and inform a patient on possible consequence and complications of diseases. A physician must inform a patient on possible adjacent effect of subscribed remedies or methods of treatment. The physician shall inform the patient of side effects of the prescribed medical substances or medical treatment methods.
4. A physician may not to give full information to patient on diagnosis and forecast of disease, if considers that this information can aggravate the health condition of patient.

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